Quotes About Introspection

I know I'm still young and there's a lot of time for things to happen, but sometimes I think there is something about me that's wrong, that I'm not the kind of person anyone can fall in love with, and that I'll always just be alone.

I learned that 'confession' doesn't ease the soul, but challenges it

I have done what people do, my life makes a reasonable showing. Can I go back to my books now?

Lying in the shadow of books, I brood on my reading habit. What is it all about? What am I doing it for? And the classic addict's question, What is it doing for me?

My life felt narrower, and not my own. I gave up some of my life, that's the kind of thought I had, common to us who don't want to do what we feel obliged to do. A sacrifice.

my deepest intention is to inspire and motivate you to look inside yourself for your own commitments—to ponder your own role in creating the future you want for yourself and for future generations.

What were the unrealistic expectations I had, and how can I better manage these next time?

Make no mistake, those who are the most eager to harshly criticize others are often the ones most desperate to keep hidden their own secret sins or unresolved pain.

Anything that infuses us with humility is good. Even if it feels a bit like humiliation in the moment, the workings of humility within are a gift.

If things are ever going to get better, we have to acknowledge our underbellies that fuel our unglued reactions.

I'd much rather run to the mall and get a new shirt than run to God and get a new attitude. I'd much rather dig into a brownie than dig into my heart. I'd much rather point the finger at other people's issues than take a peek at my own.

Please see how dangerous this assumption was. She got alone with her own thoughts and assumptions. And it led her to doubt God. And take control to get what she wanted. What she thought was best.

We are to think about, ponder, and park our minds on constructive thoughts, not destructive thoughts.

But this journey is so much more than just that. It really is about learning to tell myself no and learning to make wiser choices

We need to keep a gauge on our hearts so we can process, clarify, and understand our lives and relationships more deeply.

Finally, if some situations or relationships feed our insecurities, maybe we need to take a break from them for a season.

The less we feel we need to address pride, the more it has already blinded us.

Don't let today's reaction become tomorrow's regret.

It's not bad that I'm vulnerable, but am I displaying a mature form of my vulnerability?

We don't think about fixing things until we realize they are broken.

Sip the shame so you won't have to guzzle the regret." In other words, taste a little bit of the shame of letting it all rip before you find yourself drowning in gallons of unwanted regret.

I want it to be evident that I'm a girl who spends time with Jesus and that He's working on me.

For as he thinks in his heart, so is he" (NLV).

When the soul communes with itself the lip is silent.